Closet for traveling vehicles.



E. H. SLOMAN.

CLOSET FOR TRAVELING VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1913.

1,161,895. I Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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cLosE'r Eon TRAVELING VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 30, 1915.

*Application filed May 2, 1913; Serial No. 765,048,

, ets for Traveling Vehicles, of which the fol-- lowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to closets for traveling vehicles, and has for its special object the obtaining of a construction which is always ready for use, but may be closed from discharge when the car is at a station.

It is a further object to obtain a sanitary construction which will not become clogged and which is liquid-tight in closed position.

In the drawings, Figure l is a diagrammatic view of a toilet in a railway car to which my improvements are applied; and Fig. 2 is a section through the, closure or cut-off valve for the auxiliary bowl.

A is the toilet room of a car, B the door for entrance thereinto, C a water closet having a bowl D and bell-trap E of the usual construction.- I As generally'arranged, this bowl discharges into a hopper or discharge pipe which is at all times open and directs the discharge to one side of the trucks of the car. lVhen, however, the car is at a station, it is the usual practice to lock the door of the toilet room so as to prevent use of the closet. r

To render the closet usable at all times, I have placed beneath the bowl D a receptacle F having a bottomclosure G, which may be withdrawn to permit the'discharge from the bowl therethrough. The closure G is not, however, under the control of the user of the closet, but is provided with 'a controlling mechanism which is operable from outside the room A. This permits the porter or other attendant to close the receptacle F whenever the car approaches a station, and without regard to whether the room A is occupied.

It is desirable, if not essential, that the receptacle F when closed should be liquid tight to prevent any dripping or leakage of the contents, and it is equally important that it should be self-clearing when open. Still another feature of importance is that it should not be rendered inoperative by freezing vor the lodgment of anything such as nism therefor.

might interfere with the operation of the ordinary bell-trap. These results I have obtained by forming the closure of a slide H, preferably of segmental form, and fitting a correspondingly formed seat I at the bottom of the receptacle F. The slide H is held in firm contact with its seat by the pressure of a spring d which engages, a recessedbearing K in an operating lever L, The spring is such that by rocking the lever L the slide will be moved across the orifice M in the receptacle F, bearing against the marginal portions of the seat and forming a liquid-tight joint therewith. Also, the forward end of the slide forms a shear, which will sever any obstructing material which would otherwise interfere with the closure.

I preferably also provide a depending lip N adjacent to the forward edge of the slide,

which will direct any drip from the end of the slide away from the operating'mecha- Any suitable lever or rod connection may be used for operating the closure, but as shown 0 is a pull rod in the vestibule outside of the toilet room. P is a bell-crank lever fulcrumed below the floor of the car, and Q, is rod connecting one arm of said bell-crank with the rock lever L which carries the slide. I V

In use, whenever a station is approached the porter by manipulating the rod 0 will close the slide G, and all the timethat the car remains at the station the receptacle F will receive 'and hold the discharge from the bowl D. To prevent the rising of" odor from this receptacle, a vent pipe R rising to the roof of the car is connected to the space between the bowl D and receptacle F. Upon leaving a station, the rod 0 is operated in the reverse direction, opening the closure G.

This permits the discharge of the contents of the receptacle F, and the sliding action of the member H will scrape off any mate rial that might otherwise adhere thereto.

If desired, any suitable flushing apparatus may be used to cleanse the receptacle after its operation. What I claim as my invention is,

In closet construction, the combination with an a ertured bottom ortion of se n mental cylindrical configuration, of a slide valve closure seated upon said bottom portion and being of complementary segmental cylindrical configuration, a vertically-ea 2 a e I I 1,1 1,895

tendingvpivoted operating leverhaving arefor protecting the, operating mechanism cessed bearing positioned upon said slide therefor. 10 valve closure and having an operating con- In testimony whereof I affix my signature rnecti on therewith, a spring interposed bein presence of two Witnesses.

tween said slide valve closure and said lever EUGENE H. SLQMAN. for holding the slide valve in firm contact Witnesses:

with its seat, and a'depending lip" adjacent JAMES P. BARRY,

'theforwardedgeof the slide valve closure ADELAIDE I. ADAMs.

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